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Inspired by the 'tache stroking thread, what's the best kind of facial hair? what's your opinion on facial hair? is it gross is it cool? do we have any Pogonophobes on here?

some descriptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard#Beard_styles)

i've had stubble ever since i could grow any but now i've started shaving and i've grown a 'soul patch' or 'rayale' cuz i hate my profile and i think it fills in the big dent between my bottom lip and my chin.

It depends on the guy, really. On girls, definitely not.

The "I was too lazy to shave this morning" stubble is attractive. Anything further isn't.

Not really a fan of facial hair. What suits people really depends on the individual.

I really want to keep a goatee, but that maintenence is bit much.

It's all or nothing.

I personally hate it.

My boyfriend loves to annoy me by NOT shaving the stubble (and leaving that "thing" on his chin)...

pubes stuck in your teeth

it depends on the face shape and attitude of the person I suppose.

I like my husband with just about any face hair he wants, other than a mustache, those are off limits, I am anti-mustache.

He did wear one for a year because of a movie, but I didn't like it.

This is what I like: http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/beards/large-moustach.jpg

it depends on the face shape and attitude of the person I suppose.

I like my husband with just about any face hair he wants, other than a mustache, those are off limits, I am anti-mustache.

He did wear one for a year because of a movie, but I didn't like it.
Not even for the month of Movember?
*Goes back to work*:D

I'm partial to my devil goatee, myself. :p

Ick! Devil goatee? Blah!

This is what I like: http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/beards/large-moustach.jpg

heh! that guy looks like one of my professors

http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/staff/LB.jpg

the guy's hilarious!

i have decided i am not going to shave or cut my hair for the next 6 months.

i am going for the homeless look. the girls will be all over me:D

i have decided i am not going to shave or cut my hair for the next 6 months.

i am going for the homeless look. the girls will be all over me:D
What is it with guys thinking that girls totally dig the caveman look? Just because it gives musicians credibility, doesn't give the average SOB off the street the same.

I don't have anything yet. But I plan to grow a huge big black beard, to show off my manly manlyness.

i have decided i am not going to shave or cut my hair for the next 6 months.

i am going for the homeless look. the girls will be all over me:D

haha, i did that for a while. not as crazy as it seems tho. when i eventually got my haircut and shaved i had three girls berating me cuz apparently they fancied me when i had hobo hair (two sisters and a cousin in fact, so maybe it's something that runs in families). having said that most of my friends hated it and lots of people laughed at me for looking like a hobo *shrugs*.

Ick! Devil goatee? Blah!

The ladies seem to like it. :D

What "ladies"? I ask this as a lady.

The ladies seem to like it. :D

*checks OP's link*

Actually, it would seem I have a Van Dyck.

What "ladies"? I ask this as a lady.

Oh, several I know, including one I spent the night with earlier this week. :p

Oh, several I know, including one I spent the night with earlier this week. :p

Several? So... one night stands? :p

What is it with guys thinking that girls totally dig the caveman look? Just because it gives musicians credibility, doesn't give the average SOB off the street the same.

you know you love it

haha, i did that for a while. not as crazy as it seems tho. when i eventually got my haircut and shaved i had three girls berating me cuz apparently they fancied me when i had hobo hair (two sisters and a cousin in fact, so maybe it's something that runs in families). having said that most of my friends hated it and lots of people laughed at me for looking like a hobo *shrugs*.

last year i did it for a month while i was away, when i came back a few of my friends actually thought i was a hobo. didnt help much that i didnt shower for the last two days before i came back or that i was wearing an old beat up coat.

Several? So... one night stands? :p

Just one one-night stand, actually. But several girls I know like my facial hair.

Although, my mom says my chin makes me look like a billy goat.

Just one one-night stand, actually. But several girls I know like my facial hair.

Although, my mom says my chin makes me look like a billy goat.

Your mom is a smart woman.

Your mom is a smart woman.

lol, thanks. :D

I voted for the goatee. I don't foresee me ever shaving it off just neatly trimmed.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Beardindex.jpg/385px-Beardindex.jpg

http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/lol.gif

Mutton Chops are awesome on other people. :D

Personally, when I'm on break, I wear something akin to the "Short Boxed Beard" on the Wikipedia article.

When I am not, I tend to wear the "Too lazy to shave today" stubble most of the time, and I go clean-shaven from time to time.

i had a full beard once but only because i lost my shaver and i was travelling so i couldn't afford a new one and didn't want to attempt proper saving for the first time when i was consistently drunk and didn't have full capability of getting medical attention. i was 18 at the time and most people i met thought i was in my mid to late 20s, and i have a baby-face normally, ha!

It really depends on the guy. However, I will say that I don't like to date men who maintain "face fuzz," for a purely practical reason. If I ever try to kiss a guy with facial hair, it either makes me bust out laughing because it tickles, or it makes me not want to kiss them because it's scratchy and unpleasant.

I shaved my beard off about two years ago for the first time in ten years. I started growing it back the next day. My daughter didn't recognize me and my girlfriend threatened to lock me away if I ever shave it again.

Curse my half-Asian blood and lack of facial hair!

Not that I would actually grow something, but it would be nice to be able to.

I have a goatee, but I like the mutton chop style sideburns. My girlfriend hates the mutton chops, so I just wear little sideburns.
I want a mustache, but can't seem to grow one. It's fairly odd considering I'm Italian and come from a looong line of mustaches.

The verdi style looks like how I imagine myself when I'm old.

I shaved my beard off about two years ago for the first time in ten years. I started growing it back the next day. My daughter didn't recognize me and my girlfriend threatened to lock me away if I ever shave it again.

at least you know you had a good thing going for ten years. i shaved my beared off after 5 years and almost everyone said i looked miles better. have yet to find out if it improves my chances of pulling tho.

This is what I like: http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/beards/large-moustach.jpg

:eek:

at least you know you had a good thing going for ten years. i shaved my beared off after 5 years and almost everyone said i looked miles better. have yet to find out if it improves my chances of pulling tho.I started with a goatee, and did pretty well with it, though I looked quite thuggish (shaved head too). I grew a beard because I was planning a Silent Bob Halloween costume (best one I've ever done, btw) and met my now current g/f. Tried the goatee once again and my girlfriend was constantly asking me if I was pissed off. Went back to the beard and have stayed there ever since.

Hmm, I've got a fairly lengthy goatee growing (is that what it is? Just stuff growing on my chin, about 4cm long), and my current g/f is quite fond of it.
Quite worryingly, she says she wouldn't mind growing one herself, if only to stroke it whilst looking thoughtful... :eek:
At the moment, she just strokes mine whenever she's thinking

I started with a goatee, and did pretty well with it, though I looked quite thuggish (shaved head too). I grew a beard because I was planning a Silent Bob Halloween costume (best one I've ever done, btw) and met my now current g/f. Tried the goatee once again and my girlfriend was constantly asking me if I was pissed off. Went back to the beard and have stayed there ever since.

and i'm told i look thuggish when i'm clean shaven. well that or clean-cut. everyone's different eh. although getting a buzz cut or shaved head makes most people look like a thug, or 'hard' depending on who's talking! i'm told i look hard, which is quite amuzing seeing as i tend to run away rather than fight. actually, thinking about it, i've squared up to every fight i've been presented with but until i'm in the situation i'm a wuss... still, i lost all but one so i'm definitely not hard, haha!

I've always liked men with facial hair, as long is it's clean and well-kept. I suppose it's because my father always had a mustache.

Let's see.

I've had the full beard, the moustache, the goatee, and various combinations therof. Different styles at different times in my life. And I got laid with each of them.

Now, I am clean-shaven.

Why?

Because my wife prefers it that way..... and my facial hair seems to have decided to be the first to go grey. So it can go f*ck itself. I don't need the constant reminder of my aging.

Of course, I may not continue with that reaction once my ass-hair starts doing the same thing, but on the other hand I rarely have to look at my ass hair - so it's not as much of an issue for me.


:p

Sadly, I do not have one for two reasons. One because no matter how hard I try, I just can't get one to grow. I have a 5 o'clock shadow 10 minutes after I shave, but it won't get beyond stubble. And two, my wife has made it very plain her opinion on it.

She also makes me shave on the weekend when we're together, which I do think is unfair. Oh well.

and i'm told i look thuggish when i'm clean shaven. well that or clean-cut. everyone's different eh. although getting a buzz cut or shaved head makes most people look like a thug, or 'hard' depending on who's talking! i'm told i look hard, which is quite amuzing seeing as i tend to run away rather than fight. actually, thinking about it, i've squared up to every fight i've been presented with but until i'm in the situation i'm a wuss... still, i lost all but one so i'm definitely not hard, haha!The hard look, I found, kept me out of fights--drunks were less iikely to try me.

The hard look, I found, kept me out of fights--drunks were less iikely to try me.

that'd be my problem then... i'm the drunk.... and i always end up fighting people bigger, stronger or more plural than me. such is the life of a short drunk angry person :p

I really want to keep a goatee, but that maintenence is bit much.

it takes me maybe 10 minutes a week to maintain mine

I go with stubble overall, and a goatee. looks good on me, or so I'm told.

I hate shaving

it takes me maybe 10 minutes a week to maintain mine

I go with stubble overall, and a goatee. looks good on me, or so I'm told.

I hate shavingAs long as you're pulling--that's the way to know for certain. ;)
That's why I grew a beard in the first place

As long as you're pulling--that's the way to know for certain. ;)
That's why I grew a beard in the first place

The sadest thing is, out of all of my friends, I'm the only one who can grow a full beard and moustache, and I'm the only one who doesn't want one. I look awful with a beard. The goatee makes me look just a little bit evil (okay, more evil), so it works for me.

Not to mention, if there is one thing I hate more than shaving, it is that itchy feeling I get after a few days of not shaving.

Oh, and no, I don't pull enough, which often leads to pulling in...other senses of the words.

However, this might not be an issue for long, if things go the way I want.

Thank god for halloween.

none.

The sadest thing is, out of all of my friends, I'm the only one who can grow a full beard and moustache, and I'm the only one who doesn't want one. I look awful with a beard. The goatee makes me look just a little bit evil (okay, more evil), so it works for me.

Not to mention, if there is one thing I hate more than shaving, it is that itchy feeling I get after a few days of not shaving.

Oh, and no, I don't pull enough, which often leads to pulling in...other senses of the words.

However, this might not be an issue for long, if things go the way I want.

Thank god for halloween.

The itchiness is the biggest bitch of it all, but if you can go a couple of weeks, it passes and then you don't have to sweat it unless you shave the whole thing off.

The itchiness is the biggest bitch of it all, but if you can go a couple of weeks, it passes and then you don't have to sweat it unless you shave the whole thing off.

ugh...I can't go more than a day with that. My hair is really thick, so it itches alot, and drives me absolutly insane. The last time I let it go for more than a day past when I needed to shave, my roommate put one of those dog cones on me so I couldn't scratch.

plus, light stubble looks good on me. Heavy, however, looks like I'm lazy. I imagine that is how a beard would look.

The hard look, I found, kept me out of fights--drunks were less iikely to try me.
Man, bless the bluff! The fact that I look like I'm about to take someones head off if they look at me funny keeps me out of soooo much shit. Especially since I'm actually a wuss and a pacifist, so if someone did decide to take a piece of me I'd get my clock cleaned.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Beardindex.jpg/385px-Beardindex.jpg


I got the proper goatee on that list with a hooked mustache that frames it (like a Fu Manchu, but thicker). Sometimes it can make me look like a ventriloquest's puppet because the beard moves up and down within the mustache horns like a puppet's chin mouth thingy.

I love my magnificent goatee. I shaved that marvilous bastard once for a girlfriend and I realized that I like the beard more than I liked her, so when we broke up (okay, she broke up with me) I grew it back and vowed to never abandon it again. In the words of Al "Jazzbough" Collins, 'Love me, love my beard.'

Viva la goatee!!!

I love my magnificent goatee. I shaved that marvilous bastard once for a girlfriend and I realized that I like the beard more than I liked her, so when we broke up (okay, she broke up with me) I grew it back and vowed to never abandon it again. In the words of Al "Jazzbough" Collins, 'Love me, love my beard.'

Viva la goatee!!!

I hear that. One particularly bad/early morning, I was shaving for a meeting, and shaved off a huge chunk of my goatee. I had to shave it all off so I wouldn't look like an idiot. It was miserable.

I have dyed it several times tho...

I need to shave..

Goatee's are for faggots with too much time on their hands. The only facial hair that anyone should have is stubble. The working man's beard.

Goatee's are for faggots with too much time on their hands. The only facial hair that anyone should have is stubble. The working man's beard.
care to explain how my facial hair would determine my sexual orientation? Or how it means I have any time on my hands? Grooming takes less time than normal shaving...I have less space to cover on my bi-weekly shaving, and only have to trim the goatee once every three weeks or so, where I use a beard/sideburn trimmer, so it takes less than five minutes.

Goatee's are for faggots with too much time on their hands. The only facial hair that anyone should have is stubble. The working man's beard.

Awww...does someone have weak facial hair whose manhood is threatened by those who can grow full thick beards? It's alright, little shaver-no one thinks you're less of a man because of your peach fuzz...and hey, maybe you'll get your big boy hair one day.

Awww...does someone have weak facial hair whose manhood is threatened by those who can grow full thick beards? It's alright, little shaver-no one thinks you're less of a man because of your peach fuzz...and hey, maybe you'll get your big boy hair one day.
To quote the master, Quality.

I've always liked men with facial hair, as long is it's clean and well-kept. I suppose it's because my father always had a mustache.
Buqa wew wew...

Goatee's are for faggots with too much time on their hands. The only facial hair that anyone should have is stubble. The working man's beard.
If that is a Liberal Yeti, i'd hate to meet the conservative ones!
Zing!

Full beards rule. Come on.:D

I may be slightly biased...

Royale or VanDyke .. didn't know they were called that btw. No stubbles! Grow out what you're gonna have long enough for it to not be stubbles or shave it smooth. Stubbles hurt. Side burns are cool too, if you can pull it off. Same with full beard or chops.

I have stubble at the mo, so I'll say that to satisfy my ego.